'Just Sink The Boats': Trump Judge Implicated In Plot To Murder Alleged Drug Traffickers

New reporting suggests that Judge Emil Bove, a former member of President Donald Trump's legal team, spoke in favor of murdering people aboard alleged drug boats without proving they had done anything wrong.

While serving as acting deputy attorney general after Trump took office, Bove told the federal government's top drug prosecutors that the administration was no longer interested in intercepting boats carrying narcotics, multiple sources told NPR.

Since that time, the U.S. military has killed more than 75 people in boat strikes without providing any direct evidence to support the claim that they posed a threat to Americans.

During his February address to the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF), Bove reportedly shocked attendees when he said the new policy should be to "just sink the boats."

"He said that we're not going to worry so much about interdictions, we're just going to sink the boats," one person who attended the conference confirmed.

"I looked around at others in that room when he said that, and jaws literally dropped," the person added. "The way people interpreted that was not, 'We're going to interdict and process the folks in the boats.' People took that as, 'We're just going to blow up the boats with people in them.'"

One former DOJ official who was present for the speech did not take Bove's remarks seriously.

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'Super Genius' Trump Can't Explain Why He Needed An MRI

File this one under the "imagine if Joe Biden did this" category. Trump was asked on Air Force One this Friday about his "perfect" MRI scan during a recent visit to Walter Reed, and the brain-addled Trump couldn't explain why he needed it or what they scanned.

He just kept insisting again how wonderful the results were before bragging, again, about acing a cognitive test that they give to dementia patients.

REPORTER: Can you tell us why you needed to get an MRI, understanding the results of this. What was it for?

TRUMP: Because it's part of my physical. Getting an MRI is very standard.

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I had an MRI. The doctor said it was the best result he has ever seen as a doctor. That's it.

I had an MRI as part of my standard yearly, or every I think they do it every two years, but I have a physical every year, and the result was outstanding.

[...]

I have no idea what they analyzed, but whatever they analyzed, they analyzed it well, and they said that I had as good a result as they've ever seen.

Now, the other thing I took is I took, as you know, a advanced, very advanced test on mental acuity, because I think a president should have to do that.

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Why Did Kash Patel Exempt Dan Bongino From Clearing Polygraph Exams?

ProPublica has the scoop on the waiver that allowed Bongino to get his top job without clearing a lie detector test. Two other top employees got similar waivers: Nicole Rucker, Kash Patel’s personal assistant, and Marshal Yates, the FBI liaison with Congress. ProPublica was able to determine that Rucker and Yates did not clear their polygraph exams.

However, ProPublica was not able to determine whether Bongino underwent a polygraph exam or what its results were. “It is possible Bongino received a preemptive exemption, a former senior FBI official with knowledge of the vetting program told ProPublica.”

What we do know points to Bongino having not cleared the exam.

One does not technically pass or fail a polygraph test, ProPublica’s article pointed out. “But a person is not cleared for approval if the examiner finds deception or is unable to reach a conclusion about the veracity of the answers given. Officials said that a person may not have technically failed the exams; the results could be deemed inconclusive, which would not meet the FBI’s standards for hiring or security clearances.”

When asked for comment, the FBI denied what ProPublica seemed not to have reported. “It is false that the individuals you referenced failed polygraphs,” wrote spokesperson Ben Williamson. He also claimed the article was “riddled with falsehoods.” But when asked to specify those alleged falsehoods, ProPublica got no response.

Oh.

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JPMorgan doesn’t want to pay Frank founder Charlie Javice’s legal bills

A lawyer representing JPMorgan said Javice’s legal team billed for expenses including luxury hotel upgrades, 24 hours of work in a single day, and cellulite butter.

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Jury says Apple owes Masimo $634M for patent infringement

A federal jury in California ruled Friday that Apple must pay medical device maker Masimo $634 million for infringing a patent on blood oxygen monitoring technology.

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'Betrayed': Trump Kicks Off His Morning By Lashing Out At 'Traitor

Donald J. Trump's thin skin is on display again as he took to Truth Social to lash out at MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene again. On Friday, Trump pulled his endorsement for Greene after the Georgia Congresswoman refused to back down on the Epstein Files, which doesn't make him look guilty at all (wink wink).

This is, without a doubt, the wildest breakup in politics. Greene, who has overlooked Trump's staggering corruption, finally drew a line in the sand with the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, the now-deceased wealthy financier who trafficked and raped underage girls (also known as children), and had a longstanding friendship with the president, among other influential figures.

Pulling his endorsement wasn't enough for the Pumpkin Pol Pot. Dipshitler just can't let go of Marge.

"Lightweight Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Brown (Green grass turns Brown when it begins to ROT!), betrayed the entire Republican Party when she turned Left, performed poorly on the pathetic View, and became the RINO that we all know she always was," Donald wrote. "Just another Fake politician, no different than Rand Paul Jr. (Thomas Massie), who got caught being a full fledged Republican In Name Only (RINO)! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!"

About 30 minutes later, Trump posted, "Marjorie “Traitor” Green is a disgrace to our GREAT REPUBLICAN PARTY!"

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Tesla releases detailed safety report after Waymo co-CEO called for more data

The new data, released Friday, finally addresses some of the biggest criticisms of the paltry "safety reports" Tesla's released for years.

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